The Executioner

A fragmented, dreamlike art film that drifts between degradation and exaltation, unsettling and lyrical in equal measure.

Directed by

Ursula Reuter Christiansen

Genres

Drama

Starring

Christian Henriksen, Ursula Reuter Christiansen, Inge Dollerup Petersen

Overview

Starring Reuter Christiansen herself and shot in the lush landscape of Møn, the Danish island where she has lived since 1970, THE EXECUTIONER uses a fragmented narrative to tell “a story of woman’s degradation and exaltation,” as its subtitle indicates. A landmark of Danish feminist art, the film was also Reuter Christiansen’s first major collaboration with Henning, who composed the film’s lyrical, subtly experimental music.

How it feels

Dark, eerie, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Gender, identity, power, trauma

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

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